Qing Dynasty Altar Table with Rounded Legs and Original Lacquer

This long and graceful Chinese altar table features an oxblood patina that has darkened with age. Oxblood is one of the three traditional Chinese lacquers, including red and black, both of which are fully opaque. Oxblood is semi-translucent and shows the beautiful wood grain below. The lacquer is made from actual animal blood dissolved into tree sap...

This elegant Chinese altar table features an authentic oxblood patina that has darkened with age. Oxblood is one of the three traditional Chinese lacquers, along with red and black, which are totally opaque. Oxblood, however, is made from actual animal blood pigment mixed with tree sap...

This long, elegant altar table once provided a place to burn incense or display valuable art objects. It may have been used in the reception hall of a private mansion or in an ancestral shrine...

This "Space Age" console table is a playful and dramatic addition to any entry hall or dining room. The base is made from solid oak legs in a scalloped and arched form and connected ...

This slim and elegant table was once used to serve wine during festival days and to display objects of beauty and value. It has a floating panel top, a narrow waist and graceful Tang...

This stylish console features walnut veneers and nickel fittings. The top is finished in a very glossy French polish and rests atop two offset circular legs, also finished in walnut ...

A Chinese Qing Dynasty period wooden altar console table from the 19th century with original distressed lacquer, horse hoof legs and hump back side stretchers. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty period in the 19th century, this wooden altar console table features a long and narrow rectangular top with central board and very distressed patina, sitting above a simple apron. Boasting a nicely weathered appearance revealing its good age and use, the table is raised on four slender straight legs showcasing horse hoof extremities. The sides are strengthened thanks to small hump back stretchers. The ensemble presents a dark reddish brown lacquer with distressing present throughout the structure. With its clean lines, good proportions and great rustic character, this Chinese Qing Dynasty period lacquered wood altar console table...

A large elm-wood altar or console table with everted flanges or 'qiaotou' (commonly called "birds wings"), supported on recessed trestle legs with multiple carved, stylized ruyi in s...

19th Century Chinese Low Scroll Altar Table of the Qing Dynasty. A Low Chinese Kang Table with Cabriole Legs. A wonderful Antique table of solid wood as a scroll Altar table console. Used as a low console to present items of specail nature. This is a wonderful example following with solid cabriole one piece legs having a waterfall ends. Highly collectible small low Kang table of the Qing Dynasty in very good original condition. Kang tables played an important role in northern Chinese society. Smaller low Kang tables such as this one where typically placed on canopy beds, daybeds and couch-beds, to hold and display books, vases of flowers, incense burners and other objects. Also used on top of larger altar tables...

A Chinese Qing Dynasty period altar console table from the 19th century, with carved apron, humpback stretchers, straight cylindrical legs and distressed dark brown / red lacquer. Th...

Chinese hardwood , altar table, late Qing dynasty, circa 1900. Faded evenly to a warm honey color and having a good medium scale. Would be great as a sofa table, console or server. T...

A rare Chinese Qing Dynasty period altar console table. The altar table is crafted of cypress wood, a a type of wood with a warm tint and beautiful...